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Since 1851, 25 governors of Georgia have been graduates of Georgia. At least 17 UGA alumni are presidents or provosts of colleges and universities in the U.S. Nine UGA graduates have received the Pulitzer Prize. Four UGA alumni have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Undergraduate Admissions

The University of Georgia is a national leader among public universities in the numbers of major scholarships earned by our students. We have had eight Rhodes Scholars since 1995. In the same period, our students have won 46 Goldwater Scholarships. UGA students have earned 12 Truman Scholarships since 1995, and each year we have multiple recipients of major national scholarships.

Graduate Admissions

Continuing Education

Whether you are looking for personal improvement, seeking a credential or wanting to change your career path, the University of Georgia Center for Continuing
Education delivers a variety of educational programs to meet your learning needs.

International Students

The University of Georgia has approximately 180 International Cooperative Agreements (ICAs) in over 50 countries. These agreements allow for the formal
development of activities such as faculty and student exchanges, collaborative research, seminars and workshops, and/or service programs.

Research at UGA

The Office of the Vice President for Research encourages and supports UGA research, scholarship and creative activities by assisting with the recruitment of research-intensive faculty, and providing infrastructure for sponsored research. We help to move UGA innovations into the marketplace, encourage research-based economic development, and ensure responsible conduct in research.

Centers & Institutes

UGA research addresses real-life problems, including the grand challenges associated with water, food, fuel, environment and health. It also enriches the soul through the arts, humanities and social sciences. OVPR's Interdisciplinary centers, institutes and research initiatives provide enhanced interactions and focus on advanced areas of research.

Student and Postdoctoral Research

Undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are critical to the successful pursuit of research and scholarship at the University of Georgia. They contribute in multiple ways to research and scholarship in the physical, life and social sciences, as well as the arts and humanities.

PSO Units

For more than 80 years, PSO has led the University in bringing its resources to each of Georgia’s 159 counties, 500+ cities, and around the world, serving more than 110,000 individuals annually to improve the quality of life in Georgia and beyond.

Service-Learning

The University of Georgia has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for its institutional commitment to community engagement through teaching, research, and public service with the Community Engagement Classification. UGA was one of only 115 colleges and universities to achieve this elective classification in 2010 and joined the ranks of only 311 institutions nationally.

Campus Life

Student Affairs is a primary point of contact for students through more than 600 registered student organizations; student programming groups; social
fraternities and sororities; student leadership programs and volunteer services; and international and multicultural programs.

Health & Recreation

The 440,000-square-foot Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities is one of the largest and most comprehensive fitness/exercise facilities for students and faculty in the country.

Get Involved

In 2000, UGA was the first university in the nation to organize a collegiate Relay For Life. It raised more than $115,000. UGA Relay now has over 3,200 student volunteers and has raised more than $2.3 million, benefiting The American Cancer Society.

Academic Units

Students and faculty pursue arts studies in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The Special Collections Libraries provide access to materials related to the history and culture of Georgia, while the Willson Center and ICE promote Interdisciplinary inquiry and creative activity in the arts.

About UGA

Ag Fellows learn inner workings of Congress

With many hot button issues-including a farm bill and student loan negotiations-making headlines this summer, the six University of Georgia students who spent the summer in Washington as College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences D.C. Ag Fellows were extremely busy.

"My first week there, I was up all night (going through farm bill markups), but I wasn't tired," said Valerie Noles, a senior studying agribusiness from Nevils, Ga. Noles worked in Rep. Austin Scott's office. "You're seeing history in the making, and people know that. The entire staff all actually cares about what's happening. Otherwise, they wouldn't be up there."

The UGA CAES D.C. Ag Fellowship program has given students an insight into how the U.S. Congress operates for more than two decades. This year's Fellows got a behind-the-scenes view of the hot button issues that made headlines in the news and on the Sunday morning talk shows.

While these headlines can leave a lot of the public disheartened and shaking their heads, the Fellows came out of their D.C. summer more optimistic and more willing to get involved.

"I've been surprised by how much responsibility is given to staff members and how many decisions are made by staff," said Heather Hatzenbuhler, a senior studying environmental economics and management. She spent the summer working in Rep. Sanford Bishop's office.

Over the past 16 years, Georgia legislators have recruited some of the best and brightest CAES students to work as Fellows during the summer months. They in turn provide valuable insight into the real world impact of agricultural policies.

"Ag Fellows typically work the entire summer and serve more like apprentice staff members," said Josef Broder, CAES associate dean for academic affairs and the fellowship program's coordinator. "Some may be asked to serve as mentors to other student interns."

The academic training and leadership opportunities that students receive in UGA's agriculture college leave them uniquely qualified to jump right into the day-to-day work of a congressional office, Broder said.

Rebecca Rykard, a junior from Moultrie, Ga., studying animal science, hit the ground running when she arrived at Rep. Jack Kingston's office in May. One of her first tasks was to create a briefing book for the House Appropriations Committee's markup of the 2014 agriculture appropriations bill.

Being an integral part of Kingston's team of staffers-all working to get legislation smoothly through the House-gave Rykard the kind of real world experience she would not have gained during an average summer internship, she said.

"Everyone in my office was good about working to help me learn and explaining the way that things work, but at the same time, they've let me learn things on my own," Rykard said. "They let you know what's expected of you, and you just figure it out and do it."

She said it was empowering to take on that kind of real world challenge and succeed.

Over the years, many CAES D.C. Fellows have been agribusiness or agricultural communication majors, but others have majored in food science, animal science and the plant sciences.

"I wasn't originally sure if this is what I wanted to do this summer," said Lee Lister, a senior from Cochran, Ga., studying food science who worked in Sen. Johnny Isakson's office. "I've always been interested in politics, but I thought that I might need to spend the summer in a scientific-based internship. But the more I thought about it, the more this opportunity kept coming up in my mind and I realized it was where I needed to be."

Lister's work in Isakson's office gave him insight into how policies that affect science, research and industry are decided and implemented. That may be prove to be unique and valuable knowledge as he starts his career, he said.

The deadline for applying for the 2014 D.C. Ag Fellows program is Feb. 1, 2014. The program provides a living stipend while students are in D.C. and is open to all students in the college.

The fellowship is made available through the UGA CAES Deans' Promise, a collection of enrichment opportunities ranging from internships to study abroad programs.